Le Temps

For other uses, see Le Temps (disambiguation).

Le Temps

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner	Le Temps SA
Founded	1998
Political alignment	Centre / social-liberalism
Headquarters	Place de Cornavin 3 CH-1211 Geneva 2
Official website	www.letemps.ch

Founded in 1998, Le Temps is a Swiss newspaper edited in French. Le Temps consists of a daily newspaper (Monday to Saturday), several supplements (Thursday "Sortir" cultural diary; Friday "Carrières" job and management; Saturday "Samedi Culturel" and special features for the week-end), thematic special editions, a performing website and digital applications.

Le Temps is the result of the merger of different newspapers : Journal de Genève-Gazette de Lausanne with Le Nouveau Quotidien.

logotype du journal Le Temps

The newspaper's publisher, "Le Temps SA" is held by "ER Publishing" at 82%, which is owned by Edipresse Group at 50% and Ringier Group at 50%. The remaining 18% are held by: Claude Demole (7%), employees (6%) and Le Monde (5%).

In 2010, 130 collaborators work for Le Temps between Geneva, Bern, Fribourg, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Sion and Zurich.

Le Temps has an advertising agency : Le Temps Media (Publicitas).

Editorial staff

Editor in chief:

• Pierre Veya (since May 2010)
• Jean-Jacques Roth (2002-2010)
• Eric Hoesli (1998-2002)

Collaborations

Le Temps collaborates editorially with newsrooms around the world: Le Monde, Le Soir, La Tribune, Le Courrier International, The New York Times. On the commercial aspect, Le Temps shares advertising pools with NZZ and lemonde.fr.

Historical archives

Le Temps recently proceeded to the digitization of the three newspapers that are at its origin : Journal de Genève-Gazette de Lausanne and Le Nouveau Quotidien. Thanks to the help of the Swiss national and regional libraries, Le Temps is now able to offer 200 years of independent Swiss press. Available on the Internet : www.letempsarchives.ch

External links

• Le Temps Online edition